Indian Antiquary Vol 51

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[ Arril, 1929
Again, if those carvings really represent wooden I, at Cairo, 1266-1269 A. D.; Madrass of an-Nasir domes, and if other wooden domes were copied Muhammad, 1303 (lasted till 1870), and his mosque by Timur, is it not at least strang that one in the Citadol of Cairo, 1318, foll 1468; also the have ever been found in India, although many
domo of his Palace in the Citadel, fell in 1522. wooden comes have managed to survive for
Against all there wooden domes we have for centuries elsewhere, e.g., Dome of the Rock and
India, il! I must now say & word about the Mosque of al-A488, Jerusalem: dome of Meyda in
technion aspect, Mr. Havoll speaks of the radiating Madrasa of Sultan Hasan. Cairo. dated" year 764" (1362-3 A.D.), dome of Mausoleum of Imam
tie-bare used in the case of bulbous domes of brick ash-Shafey, Cairo. end of 15th century, dome of
and stone, and suggests a symbolic connection Convent Tomb of Sheykhủ, Cairo, probably 10954.
between his system and the chakra or Wheel of the (1684): small wooden dome in Coptic Museum,
Law. I would emphasize the fact that none of the Cairo : etc. In addition to this we have accounts
wooden domes in existence to-day have this device, of many other wooden domes which have not
for the simple reason that in wooden construction survived, c.9. the Marneion of Gaza, 2nd century:
the tonsilo strength of the outer rim of the dome it. the wooden dome which replaced the ston, dom,
self suffices to hold the whole together. All the of Constantine's Octagon at Antioch after the
dornos named above as still standing are slightly damage caused by the great earthquake of 526 :
bulbous (with ono exception), yet they have clear Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, at
interiors, and if Mr. Havell's supposed little bamboo restoration after the ruin caused by the Perstatie
domes over existnd in India, no doubt their interiors in 614 ; Church of the Ascension, 7th century: were clear also, a9 thore could be no possible raison wooden dome placed by Hârůn arRashid over
d'aire for radiating tie-bars. Tie-bars only become Mausoleum of Imam Reza at Meshed, 8th century: necessary when a bulbous dome is constructed in wooden dome in Palace at Baghdad, 8th century i brick or stone. This was first done at Samarkand, wooden dome placed by Ibn Talûn on the summit and it is there that these radiating tie-bars of the Pharos : wooden dome over marble basin in
first make their appearance. But, be it spehis mosque, 876-879 A. D., burnt in 376 (986): | cially noted, they are not set in one plane like the wonden dome of Shrine of Husseyn at Kerbela, pro spolos of a wheel, but on the contrary radiate in bably due to Adud ad-Dawlah in 368 (979). burnt
all directions to hold the brick shell together. in 107 (1016): first dome of Mausoleum of Imásn
Yours faithfully, ash-Shaf ey at Cairo, 1911 A. D.: Mosque of Bibars
K. A. C. CRESWELL BOOK NOTICE AN ARABIC HISTORY OF GUJARAT, by 'ABDULLAH duly grateful to him. The author was twice in MUHAMMAD BIN OMAR AL MAKKI ALASAT Miekko and wo have somo entertaining notes on ULUGH-KHANI. Ed. by SIR E. DEXISOX Ross happenings there from the Editor, one of which Vol. 11. London, John Murray, 1921.
shows that the whole world is kin after all : "This The second volune of this valuable publication last book I lont to Shaykh 'AbdulFattah, but he brings the History of Gujarat from the murder has never returnert it." When we consider of Mahmud Shah III in 1537 to the conquest of the that in those days books were all treasured wellcountry by Akbar in 1572, which completes Daftar this one was "in the writing of my father's sunt, I of the original. Daftar II gives a general history with a cominentary in various bands "-one can of Muhammalan rule in Northern India down to perceive what such a statement meant. Further 1556. and of this. half is given in the volume. The notes are givon on the identification of Husam Editor has an elaborate and valuable introduction Khin with the author of the Ta'rikh-i-Bahadur. about the author and his ways. The date of the shahi, on the Gujarat Waqfs for Mekka and Medina work he fixes as probably 1607, and he explains under Akbar, and on the settlement of foreigners the author's confused method of relating contem. in Ciujarat. In the course of this last it is stated porary or recent history, largely brought about that foreigners were not numerous until the con. by his referring to leading men by their titles only
quest of the country in 1297 by 'Ald-ud-Din notwithstanding the well known Muhammadan
Khill, which is noteworthy. The introduction custom of giving the same title to several notables
ends with an important and informing note on of the same period. We have, however, no reason
the Habet.is of India, who were clearly mamlako to complain of this method, not by any means con fined to the work of this particular author, because
of the well-known Turkish and Mediterranean it has induced Sir Denison Ross to identify 26 of
Europonn type and came into existence in much these title-holders, for which work of no amall the same way, though the clan has now labour all who are familiar with the trouble await- degenerated into the familiar" Seedee Boy." ing those diving into Muhammadan history will be
R. C. TEMPLE